Politics
The issue with empathy
To empathize is to imagine yourself within another’s experience.Today we use empathy to navigate each other and the world.
Read MoreElection reaction
I was not upset by the results of this election. A minority government is a good outcome, regardless of who the prime minister is.
Read MoreHope in politics
To be hopeful or to despair: that is the central question for young people in today’s political context. The Shaar Shalom lecture confronted this dilemma.
Read MoreThank you, Maxime Bernier
Despite projections that put the Conservatives ahead, Andrew Scheer was forced to return to Ottawa a loser. Maxime Bernier is partially to blame for this.
Read MoreThe case for the “Portugal Model”
When Portugal decriminalized drugs in 2001, many believed that the state would become a drug haven. That wasn’t what happened. Should Canada do the same?
Read MoreWhy debt matters
One of the most important topics up for debate in the upcoming Federal elections will be whether Canada needs to run deficits or move towards minimizing spending and balancing the Federal Budget.
Read MoreStrategic voting is cyclical system
Democracy is about having your individual voice represented by the government. So why are people so wrapped up in strategic voting?
Read MoreTake it from an American — vote
Canadians know a lot about American politics, but few Americans could tell you what’s going on in Canada at the provincial or even federal levels.
Read MoreClimate change’s existence should not be a debate
It’s 2019 and Canada is determined to keep its citizens trapped in their climate change comfort zones, slipping back into its well-worn shirt of denial just in time for this election. During a time that should be concerned with the state of our earth’s climate and what our country can do to combat it, one…
Read MoreCanada needs proportional representation
Canada is not as ideologically divided as it might appear. We are predominantly a nation of lefties. So why do we keep oscillating between right-of-centre and left-of-centre governments?
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